Draft-rigging for railway-cars.



1. F.0c0NNon. DRAFT RGGING FOR RAILWAY CARS.

i 1 APPLICATION FILED JUNE l2I 1914.

1,139,060. Patented May 11, 1915.

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I In FI DRAFT RIGGING FOR RAILWAY CARSf 'Y APPLICATION FILED JUNE I/Z.|914.

Patented May 11, 1915.

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DRAFT-RIGGNG FOR RAXLSE'A" Specification of Letters Eetent.

Application filed June 12, 1914. Serialvts, BSL-151.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN F. OCoNNoR, a Citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful mprovement in Draft-Rigging forRailway-Gars, of which the 'following .is a full, clear, concise, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,.forming a part of this specifico.u tion.

My invention relates to improvements in draft-rigging for railway cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a draft-rigging of simpleconstruction and efficient operation. o

ln the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a sideelevation of partly vertical longitudinal section ot' a draftriggingembodying my invention and illustrative of the parts in their normalposition. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2-2 o Fig. l butshowing the position of the parts upon partial compression of thecompression 'resisting elements in bniling movement of thedraft-rigging. Fig. 3 is e cross section taken on line 3-3, Fig. l.V

Fig. Ll: is a horizontal section showing the position, of the parts infull bull'. Fig. is a perspective view of one of the followers and Fig.6 is a perspective view of one of the spring caps. v

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 7-7 indicatedraft members orparts of the car frame to which the draft-rigging is opplied. Stop.members 8 8 are secured to the draft members preferably by rivets 9-4),each stop member being provided with the front stop shoulders l0-10,front limiting stop shoulders 1111, rear limiting stop shoulders l212and rear stop shoulders 13-13- Seid stop shoulders are also eachprovided with front spring stop shoulders 14-l,4, front intermediatespring stop shoulders 15--1{', rear intermediate spring stop shoulders16-16 and rear spring stop shoulders 17-17. A draw-bar 18 (only rear endtheredt being shown in the drawings), is mounted between the draftmembers, the same having secured thereto a draft yoke 1.9. Mountedwithin the yoke are the front and rear followers 20 and 21 respectively.Each of said followers being 'preferably hollow having a transverse slotllower is stopped against rearw 2 et bers e follower ends with a cappreiernb rectangular ni opening recess fiat spring mcmbe walls 29 andEl() re recess QQ. are perte "l wi '.ch passes *l the or keyperforutions 32 in adapted to hold ment with i 1 member ers of nestedthere ed at their ends gui st of seid followers boing erableconstruction with boss 36 about which the ends spring are seeted- A tir,cured to the draftmen bei means, ,preferably the bolts being adapted tohold the between the dral't members. movement of the draw-ber, the

"wz-nd EG 'tolrd neovement through the enga @ement of Lois spring capagainst the rear spring sters shoulders lT17. r"he 'front oilewer Irears." wardly compressing the springs hetween the followers until thespring oeps o' t1 i 'follower engage the intermediate spring stopshoulders lli-15. Prior to this enigagement the tiet springs of the.rear 'ello@ lower lwill be under tension and following' such engagementthe further rearward movement of the draw-bar will be also resisted bythe flexing iat springs both the front 4and rear '/ollowers until thefront 3.95 followers engage the front i .g stop shoulders 1li-l1 and theren .rollo-river engages the rear stop shoulders 'lv-.

15 follower, having The relative position ,of the parts when undercompression in full buff, is illustrated by Fig.v 4: of drawings. Onforward movement of the draw-bar the parts of the draft 5 gear areforwardly compressed by the movement ofthe draft yoke, the action of theparts on forward movement being similar to that hereinbefore described.

Claim:

l. In a draft-rigging for railway cars, followers, springscextendingfrom the ends thereof and spring caps inelosing the ends of saidsprings.

2. In a draft-rigging for railway cars, a a transverse recess, springswithin said recess, spring caps at the ends of said springs and meansfor connecting said spring caps to the springs.

3. In a draft-rigging for railwayy cars, a

20 followerpflat springs 1n engagement therespring caps inclosing theends of said with,

springs and pins or keys securing said caps to the springs.

4. In a draft rigging for railway oars, a follower, flat springsextending transversely of said follower and in engagement therewith, andspring caps secured to the ends of said. springs, saidcaps being movablerelatively to said follower.

5. In a draft rigging for railway cars, a follower having a recesstherethrough, Hat springs extending through said recess and beyond theedges of the follower, spring Caps secured to the ends of said springs,stantially channel shape in cross section, the caps being movable backand forth relatively to the follower.

JOHN F. OCONNOR. Witnesses:

CARRIE G. RANZ, ARIANE R. ARNOLD.

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